Definition of Ferredoxin

1. Noun. (protein) Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green plants, that functions in electron transport and in photosynthesis ¹

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Definition of Ferredoxin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ferredoxin

1. Low molecular weight iron sulphur proteins that transfer electrons from one enzyme system to another without themselves having enzyme activity. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferredoxin

feromone
feromones
ferous
feroxyhyte
feroxyhytes
ferr-
ferralsol
ferralsols
ferrandine
ferrandines
ferrarisite
ferrary
ferrate
ferrates
ferratin
ferredoxin (current term)
ferredoxin-NADP reductase
ferredoxin-nitrite oxidoreductase
ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase
ferredoxins
ferrel
ferreled
ferreling
ferrelled
ferrelling
ferrels
ferreous
ferret
ferret-eye
ferret badger

Literary usage of Ferredoxin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"97 NAL Call No: 450 P692 Expression of maize ferredoxin cDNA in ... Comparison of photosynthetic and non- photosynthetic ferredoxin ..."

2. Gene Expression in Horticultural Crops: Bibliography January 1991-October 1992 by Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"P532 The pea ferredoxin I gene exhibits different light responses in pea and tobacco. Gallo-Meagher, M.; Sowinski, DA.; Thompson, WF Rockville, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"(3) described two new ferredoxin ... + CoA + 2Fd (CoA is coenzyme A; Fd, ferredoxin; and e, electron.) The authors suggested that COo-fixation in C. ..."

4. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"... the inner compartment to oxidized ferredoxin in the outer compartment. Zhao, ZG; Tollin, G. Oxford : Pergamon Press. Photochemistry and photobiology v. ..."

5. Bioremediation: The Tokyo '94 Workshop by Tokyo '94 Workshop (1994), OECD Staff, Yoshitaka Ando, OECD, Salomon Wald (1995)
"... terminal dioxygenase (small subunit), ferredoxin, ferredoxin reductase, ... appears to shuffle the ferredoxin reductase gene (corresponding to ..."

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